Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-08-26
For the SHENANDOAH HERALD.
Who Should Represent US In The LeglsIa-
ture Next Fall.

"hV oHVulu hepIeSeTl Us IN me LeglSld-
ture Next Fall.
| First Of all we want typical
Nirglnlan, man who will serve
and represent the people and not
the mere name of office. Then we
want practicable man and an
economizer at home, and surely
then we would have reasons TO eX.
pect the same Of him in the Legs.
lature.
We want a man who will repre-
sent Shenandoah county as an hon.
est, fair, sober and industrious and
thriving county. We don't want a
sleepy, lager and whisky head who
will spend his time in Richmond
standing IN the bar-rOOm instead
of the Legislative hall, and repre-.
senting this county as being lake
of whiskey.
However, we do not desire to
make whiskey an issue in this cam
paign, yet believe the people want
a sober man to represent them at
Richmond.
We want man who will repre-
sent the farmer, the mechanic, the
merchant, the day-labOrer-by the
way all these are day laborers-
and all others who make their liv-
ing honestly.
We don't want a man who rep.
resents the idler and do nothing
man, it Is shame to have him rep
resent himself at home as such, and
consequently no one should desire
his borders to extend any further.
We want a man who will repre-
sent this county as the father OF
this county in the interest Of him.
self and his heirs a man who will
guard old Shenandoah and the
state of Virginia as lion does his
prey; a man who will fight bond
holders as our fathers fought the
British a man who will fight the
expenses of extra Legislatures and
all unnecessary expenses as he
would "a pickpOcket from his own
purse a mar who will fight an in
crease Of taxation as he would a
demon of his own soul a man who
will help settle the state debt
speedily, and that by the Riddle.
berger bill, aud a man who will
help to provide means to run this
state government economically, and
an immediate payment Of the state
debt.
We want a man who will intro
duce into the Legislature resOlu-
tons praying Congress to REIN
burse Virginia to the amount of
her territorial loss during the late
civil war.
We want a man who will provide
a law for the indictment OF any per-
son who may sell Orgive to any minor
or drunkard intoxicating drinks OF
any kind, and we want a man who
will provide better laws for better
county roads for this county, by
having all taxpayers, except those
exempt by law, work and expend
their two days labor, and in addi-
! ton to the whole amount Of their
road taxes upon the roads, and
those, too, principally used by the
taxpayer.
We want a man who will provide
better law against treSpasSlng
stock, one that will place all such
stock liable to seizure and public
sale Of same for damages after the
third trespass. Sale of such stock
to be after ten days notice after
the third oilenSe.
We want a man who Will uuO.
dnce INTO the Legislature q bill for
the payment OF a premium Of one
cent ench per SCALP and per egg on
the abOmlnabe English sparrow.
We want a man who will intro
duce a bill in the Legislature for
the immediate indictment, and /
without the posting of lands, of
any person or persons who may |
hunt, fish, commit trespass or dep. |
relations upon the lands or prem |
ises of any person without the con-
sent of the party or parties upon
whose land, lands or premises the
hunting, fishing, treSpasS or depre.
datiOns may be done.
We want a man who will intro
duce a bill for the killing after forty
eight hours Ofevery dog not having
an owner real or assumed, and, too,
all dogs upon which taxes are not
paid: and that the officer failing to
comply with this section of law,
shall be liable to fine Of five del.
lars, or detention from Office or
both.
We want man who will provide
for the maintenance Of our free
schools five months out Of every
twelve, and for satisfactory Temu-
neration for teachers.
And we want man who VIII
vote for a person for United States
Senator who is in favor Of prOtec-
ton to American farmers, manu-
facturers, mechanics, laborers, mer-
chants and in fact every real Amer
lean and every real American in
dustry.
And still we want man who is
opposed to, and who will expose,
bribery, trickery and frauds in gen.
eral, and who will look upon mat
tention to legislative work as Grim
NAL, and who will every whit be
what the people expect Of him and
what the people elect HIM form
fact man from hat to shoes.
Look out Newman Democrats
Republicans are raising fine crops
of broom corn. FARMER.
Springdale, Va.